Course on Aid Management (ESD 604)

By: Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON)

The overall objective of the training course in Aid Management is to generate greater understanding of the development process and provide the required skills needed for the management of development.

The Specific Objectives are to

Strengthen local capacity for managing development assistance

Acquaint participants with development issues

Highlight and analyse problems of development assistance

Develop a sense of ownership of Donor Assisted Programme

Make participants benefits from sharing of ideas on development assistance in Nigeria.

Concepts of Development

National capacity building

Principles of aid policy

Concepts and elements of the programme cycle

Appraisal techniques

Cost benefit analysis

Managing negotiation

Technical co-operation policy framework

National execution role and parties

Transparency and accountability in development assistance

Managing change

Organizational development/management

Report writing

Target Audience

The course is designed for officers involved in developmental programmes in the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) who are directly concerned with donor assistance projects from UNDP, UNO, UNICEF, WHO, World Bank etc.